- Argentina has 31.4 million hectares of forest, with an annual deforestation rate of 1.63% from 1998-2008. The main forest types are Chaco (21.7 million ha), Mata Atlantica (1.45 million ha), and Yungas (3.73 million ha). - To prepare for REDD+, Argentina aims to improve land tenure systems and establish incentive mechanisms for the 3 levels of forest governance: national, state, and program/project levels. - The 2009 Forest Protection Law establishes rules for conservation, management, and carbon stocks. It also creates a national forest fund and mechanism for distributing funds to enforcement, landowners for sustainable management, and conservation